TY - JOUR T1 - Bronchoalveolar lavage in ankylosing spondylitis. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 325 LP - 326 DO - 10.1136/ard.49.5.325 VL - 49 IS - 5 AU - D Wendling AU - J C Dalphin AU - B Toson AU - A Depierre AU - M Guidet Y1 - 1990/05/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/49/5/325.abstract N2 - Bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial biopsies were performed in 15 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and 17 control subjects. There was no difference in total cell count, number of lymphocytes, CD4+/CD8+ ratio, or beta 2 microglobulin concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid between these two groups. Bronchoalveolar lavage IgA concentrations were not increased, but bronchial IgA deposits were more common in AS. This study failed to show any subclinical alveolitis in AS. ER -